EURYDICE AND HER COMPANIONS: A CASSONE PANEL
Oil on panel
24½ by 59 in.; 62.2 by 149.9 cm.
Private collection
Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus, who loved her dearly; on their wedding day, he played joyful songs as his bride danced through the meadow. One day, Aristaeus, a minor god in Greek mythology, saw and pursued Eurydice, who stepped on a viper, was bitten, and died instantly…
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